DocumentCode
907196
Title
Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling ( Wolman, D.; 2008) [Book Review]
Author
Cunningham, Donald
Volume
52
Issue
2
fYear
2009
fDate
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
220
Abstract
While there is no advice on spelling in this book, Wolman tells the history of how English spelling has changed since the Anglo-Saxon period and American spelling since the American Revolution and explains how and why the changes occurred. His history is highlighted with astute comments, personal anecdotes, and even philosophical musings. The book should be entertaining and informative for anyone who might want to learn more about how our present-day spelling got to be in the shape it is in.
Keywords
Bibliographies; Book reviews; Costs; Cultural differences; Gas insulated transmission lines; Guns; History; Natural languages; Shape; Tongue; English language; history; orthography; spelling;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPC.2009.2017993
Filename
4957839
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